diff --git a/tccgen.c b/tccgen.c
index cbfe5ff2..b9938ea1 100644
--- a/tccgen.c
+++ b/tccgen.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,9 @@ ST_FUNC int gv(int rc)
         } else
             type.t = VT_INT;
         if((vtop->type.t & VT_UNSIGNED) ||
-           (vtop->type.t & VT_BTYPE) == VT_BOOL)
+           (vtop->type.t & VT_BTYPE) == VT_BOOL ||
+	   (((vtop->type.t & VT_BTYPE) == VT_ENUM) &&
+	    vtop->type.ref->a.unsigned_enum))
             type.t |= VT_UNSIGNED;
         gen_cast(&type);
         /* generate shifts */
diff --git a/tests/tests2/92_enum_bitfield.c b/tests/tests2/92_enum_bitfield.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb6dc35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests2/92_enum_bitfield.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* This checks if enums needing 8 bit but only having positive
+   values are correctly zero extended (instead of sign extended)
+   when stored into/loaded from a 8 bit bit-field of enum type (which
+   itself is implementation defined, so isn't necessarily supported by all
+   other compilers).  */
+enum tree_code {
+  SOME_CODE = 148, /* has bit 7 set, and hence all further enum values as well */
+  LAST_AND_UNUSED_TREE_CODE
+};
+typedef union tree_node *tree;
+struct tree_common
+{
+  union tree_node *chain;
+  union tree_node *type;
+  enum tree_code code : 8;
+  unsigned side_effects_flag : 1;
+};
+union tree_node
+{
+  struct tree_common common;
+ };
+enum c_tree_code {
+  C_DUMMY_TREE_CODE = LAST_AND_UNUSED_TREE_CODE,
+  STMT_EXPR,
+  LAST_C_TREE_CODE
+};
+enum cplus_tree_code {
+  CP_DUMMY_TREE_CODE = LAST_C_TREE_CODE,
+  AMBIG_CONV,
+  LAST_CPLUS_TREE_CODE
+};
+
+extern int printf(const char *, ...);
+int blah(){return 0;}
+
+int convert_like_real (tree convs)
+{
+  switch (((enum tree_code) (convs)->common.code))
+    {
+    case AMBIG_CONV: /* This has bit 7 set, which must not be the sign
+			bit in tree_common.code, i.e. the bitfield must
+			be somehow marked unsigned.  */
+      return blah();
+    default:
+      break;
+    };
+   printf("unsigned enum bit-fields broken\n");
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  union tree_node convs;
+
+  convs.common.code = AMBIG_CONV;
+  convert_like_real (&convs);
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests2/92_enum_bitfield.expect b/tests/tests2/92_enum_bitfield.expect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b